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Hollyoaks

At the beginning of 2008, Lydia auditioned for the role of Holly
Cunningham in Channel 4's Hollyoaks. Prior to this audition, she
had been offered the chance to audition for other productions, but
declined. She was one of 54 candidates up for the role of Holly who
had previously appeared in Hollyoaks between 1997 and 2001, with a
return in 2004. After several auditions at the shows studios in Liverpool Lydia won the
role of Holly and began filming in April 2008. She made her first
appearance on 9 June 2008. Lydia continues to play Holly into
2009.

“

She will be quite a
stroppy eleven-year-old who knows her own mind - like her mum's
character. There's a big storyline involving Max at the end of
June, and they will be involved in that.[1]

Lydia also appeared in the 2nd series of the Hollyoaks spin off
series Hollyoaks
Later in September 2009, playing Holly Cunningham.
She also appeared in The Hollyoaks documentary, Hollyoaks: The
Good, The Bad and The Gorgeous, in the parody of the SHINING
playing twins.

Other
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Lydia has also appeared on stage as Nagana in South Pacific and
at the Grand Opera House in York. She has also appeared on stage at
the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. She attended Copmanthorpe primary
school until July 2009. She is currently in year 7 at school in
York. As well as acting, Lydia enjoys dancing, and is part of a
dance group. In 2009, Lydia was nominated for best young actor at
the Inside Soap Awards.